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Charles C. Hovey House and Strong Leather Company Mill

New York, US

Charles C. Hovey House and Strong Leather Company Mill

Charles C. Hovey House and Strong Leather Company Mill is a historic home and mill located at Bainbridge in Chenango County, New York. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story Queen Anne style residence constructed in 1889. It and the adjacent carriage house were included as part of the Bainbridge Historic Distri

ct. The mill building is a long 1+1⁄2-story, 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) structure built between 1897 and 1903 to house the Strong Leather Company, a manufacturer of patent leather. The roof is defined by its unusual parabolic arch, formed by a series of 60 rounded bows joined to the rafters. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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